liver and pancreas Flashcards
1
Q
largest gland in the body
A
liver
2
Q
and name of lobes of liver
A
4
-right, left, caudate, quadr
3
Q
carries venous blood with nutrients from digestive viscera
A
hepatic portal vein
4
Q
supplies oxygen rich blood
A
hepatic artery
5
Q
takes blood back to heart
A
hepatic vein
6
Q
what is each lobule made up of
A
hepatocytes and sinusoids
7
Q
what makes up the portal triad
A
- portal vein
- hepatic artery
- bile ductule
- all surrounded by CT in a portal tract
8
Q
what sorrounds the lobules
A
portal triads
9
Q
what is in the middle of the lobule
A
central vein
*everything drains into it (except bile)
10
Q
divides the lobules
A
septum
11
Q
hepatocytes are arranged as
A
anastomosing plates
12
Q
what separates hepatocytes
A
sinusoids
13
Q
where does blood flow in the lobule
A
through the sinusoid
14
Q
path of bile flow
A
- bile canaliculi
- canals of hering
- bile ductule
- hepatic duct
- common hepatic duct
- common bile duct
15
Q
path of blood flow
A
- portal venule and hepatic artery
- sinusoids
- central vein
- hepatic vein
